Here’s what’s new in theaters and on streaming this weekend: it’s Admit One
Red One (Theaters)
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, J.K. Simmons, Bonnie Hunt, Kiernan Shipka, Kristofer Hivju
Directed by: Jake Kasdan
Plot: After Santa Claus — Code Name: RED ONE — is kidnapped, the North Pole’s Head of Security must team up with the world’s most infamous bounty hunter in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.
Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 34%
Critic Consensus: “Wrapped in slick packaging but wholly lacking in holiday magic, Red One is a ho-ho-hum action-adventure”
All We Imagine as Light (Theaters)
Starring: Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon
Directed by: Payal Kapadia
Plot: In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha’s routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend.
RT Freshness: 100%
Critic Consensus: “Capturing the here and now of modern India with the spontaneity of a candid photograph, All We Imagine as Light is a lustrous achievement that announces Payal Kapadia as an essential filmmaker”
Ghost Cat Anzu (Theaters)
Starring: Mirai Moriyama, Noa Gato, Miwako Ichikawa, Keiichi Suzuki
Directed by: Yoko Kuno & Nobuhiro Yamashita
Plot: Precocious tween Karin finds herself abandoned by her father in rural Japan. Living in a temple with her grandfather, she meets Anzu, a giant “ghost cat” and notorious layabout tasked with looking after her. Distrustful of her new guardian, Karin sabotages Anzu’s odd jobs for the townsfolk and befriends the eccentric local forest spirits. In an effort to win Karin over, Anzu accidentally makes a deal with the devil, and all Hell breaks loose.
RT Freshness: 80%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
Starring: Zoe Saldaña, Karla SofÃa Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Mark Ivanir, Édgar RamÃrez
Directed by: Jacques Audiard
Plot: Cartel leader Emilia enlists Rita, an unappreciated lawyer, to help fake her death so that she can finally live authentically as her true self.
RT Freshness: 82%
Critic Consensus: “Karla SofÃa Gascón is Emilia Perez in a swaggering musical crime thriller of genre-bending fascination that is also an unapologetically trans story”
Hot Frosty (Netflix)
Starring: Lacey Chabert, Dustin Milligan, Katy Mixon, Lauren Holly, Chrishell Stause, Joe Lo Truglio, Craig Robinson
Directed by: Jerry Ciccoritti
Plot: Two years after losing her husband, Kathy magically brings a handsome snowman to life! Through his naïveté, the snowman helps Kathy to laugh, feel and love again, as the two fall for each other just in time for the holidays… and before he melts.
RT Freshness: 100%
Critic Consensus: N/A
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland (Hulu)
Starring: Gerard Butler, Emilia Clarke, Simone Ashley, Mae Muller, Mackenzie Crook, Mawaan Rizwan
Directed by: Peter Baynton
Plot: The Queen of Hearts has outlawed Christmas. As a child, the white rabbit missed her gift. Years later, Father Christmas receives the lost letter and voyages to Wonderland. With the help of curious young Alice, can Christmas be saved?
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
An Almost Christmas Story (Disney+)
Starring: Cary Christopher, Estella Madrigal, Jim Gaffigan, Natasha Lyonne, John C. Reilly, Alex Ross Perry, Mamoudou Athie
Directed by: David Lowery
Plot: Moon, a curious young owl, finds herself trapped in a Christmas tree destined for Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. Trying to escape the city, Moon befriends a lost little girl named Luna. Together, they embark on an adventure.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
